The podcast link above is an interview with Dr. Steven Mueller, the Dean of Christ College, which is the School of Theology at Concordia, the school I'm going to. The interview is on C.S. Lewis, which was the topic of Dr. Mueller's doctoral dissertation. The interview is on the Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast, done by Dr. Daniel van Voorhis and Dr. Jeffery Mallinson, both professors at Concordia. It is an enjoyable interview on one of the most well known Apologists of the last century.
One of the things I enjoy about Lewis is a quote from Book IV of Mere Christianity, where he says,
"Everyone has warned me not to tell you what I'm going to tell you in this last book. They say ‘the ordinary reader does not want theology; give him plain practical religion’. I have rejected their advice. I do not think the ordinary reader is such a fool. Theology means ‘the science of God,’ and I think any man who wants to think about God at all would like to have the clearest and most accurate ideas about him which are available. You are not children: why should you be treated like children?"
Lewis offers Theology in a way that is understandable and interesting. The Narnia Chronicles, The Space Trilogy, and The Screwtape Letters are all theology hidden in narratives and stories. Lewis's apologetic and theological works, such as Mere Christianity and The Problem of Pain are both written in clear English, and while dealing with difficult topics, is accessible to a wide audience.
This is one of the goals of this blog as a whole, a place for me to take what I'm learning and put it in understandable terms. I will not try to "water it down," but rather define the words that must be used and "translate" the words that can be simplified. I will also work on my writing skills, which are currently appalling...
And specifically I hope to keep this in mind as I write this series on the Trinity. Because this is such an important topic, I hope that I can make it understandable, as much as the Trinity is understandable. If at any point there are questions, feel free to leave a comment!
The first blog on the Trinity will drop on July 3rd. It will be on Jesus and John 1.
Soli Deo Gloria,
- Jonah